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Am I having a senior moment or what?
What?
Seriously, it looks like either is correct. The word was originally not with an f but with a gh, cognate with German Zwerg. The brick and mortar OED doesn't give a citation in f till the 15th century, so we're out of the OE voiced-between-vowels rule. The OED also gives plurals both dwarfs and dwarves; the former from 1770, 1834 and 1894 and the latter from 1818.
Ya pays yer nickel and ya takes yer cherce.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Little People stales 01/13/02 01:42 PM Re: Little People wwh 01/13/02 02:20 PM Re: Little People Faldage 01/13/02 02:23 PM Re: Little People Geoff 01/13/02 04:05 PM Re: Little People NicholasW 01/14/02 06:17 AM Re: Little People stales 01/14/02 06:24 AM Re: Little People Wordwind 01/14/02 09:04 AM Dwarfs TEd Remington 01/18/02 09:35 PM Re: Dwarfs Capital Kiwi 01/18/02 11:02 PM dwarfs and Monica consuelo 01/18/02 11:38 PM Re: Dwarfs Angel 01/19/02 12:05 AM Re: Dwarfs Bingley 01/21/02 03:21 AM
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